"If you didn't start yet, then technically I'm not late." Volkner said with a slight smirk. "Alright then, wanna go at this at the same time, or just one after another?"

---

As Emily tended to her stall, she overheard two voices talking.

"We got them on all the targets, right?" One voice said.

"Yeah, the Conclave and Sunnyshore were the last two." The other replied. "Conclave let two of our grunts play with them, and Sunnyshore luckily let out his ace on his way to the gym leader presentation. So I slipped one on it as it passed by."

"So we lucked out, then." The first voice replied. "Well, the presentation should be a lot more fun then. Come, let's head over there now and watch the show."

@jeroukoo
Sarah rolled her eyes.
"One minute before showtime is still late to me. You were due to help prepare twenty five minutes ago."
She shook her head.
"Anyway, we should probably go one at a time at first and then go from there."

……………………….

Emily gasped, covering her mouth. Luckily, she was ducked under the stall and so it would look like she was just worried about one of the pokemon. She carefully pulled out a notepad and quickly wrote a note. She quietly called her butterfree over. She handed him the note.
"ok, boy. Take this to Volkner. You know what he looks, like right?"

The butterfree nodded. Emily nodded.
"Good. Now get this note to Volkner quickly. We haven't got a moment to loose. They are about to start that presentation, that demonstration."

Her butterfree nodded again and flew off to the stadium, heading right for the gym leader in question once he spotted him.

"Eh, sorry..." Volkner said as he sheepishly stepped back. "You go ahead, you were the one here first anyway."

His Electivire stepped back with him, and the two were blissfully unaware of the Butterfree that was headed towards them.

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Conclave Gym leader, Miss Sarah Smith!"

The crowd roared in approval, waiting for Sarah to begin.

@jeroukoo
Sarah nodded. She blinked when she thought she saw the butterfree. She took a breath.
"um.....Tangela! Pincer! Come on out you two!"

Tangela and pincer were soon on the stage, ready to go.
"Ditto! Mr. Mime! Haunter!"

Those three then appeared on stage. Sarah took out the final pokeball.
"Flareon! Come on out!"

Flareon came out of his pokeball.

Sarah began. She showed a little routine that mainly featured tangela and pinsir , where pincer snapped at tangela and, once in the air, tangla used sleep powder. Then, she had ditto copy a butterfree and spread it around using whirlwind. After that, she would have mr. mime freeze it, and then haunter would dart through it using a ghost pokemon ability, ending with flareon turning it into harmless embers that would be put out quickly.

However, something would go wrong when it was flareons' turn.

Butterfree, Emily's with the note, landed on Volkners' shoulder.
……………….

Emily bit her lip and hoped her butterfree got there quickly.

@jeroukoo

"Huh?" Volkner turned towards the Butterfree, who held a note in in its hand. He pulled the note and read it, his face going from a furrowed brow to a look of shock.

"Wait Sarah-!" Volkner called out, but it was too late. Sarah's Flareon, along with Volkner's Electivire fell down to the ground and let out cries of pain as the air around their forms started to shimmer with some sort of rainbow colored aura.

"Electivire, return!" Volkner called out reaching for his pokeball and attempting to return it to his pokeball. But it was no use.

@jeroukoo
(sarah's flareon, not Emily's. lol)

Sarah gasped as her flareons' flame thrower failed and he fell to the ground. She returned the rest of her pokemon to their pokeballs. She found herself unable to return flareon to his as well. She gasped.

"Flareon!"

………...

Emily asked a fellow breeder to watch her booth, who more than agreed to help when he heard the chaos from the stadium. Emily ran to the stadium as fast as she could and gasped when she saw what happened on the stage. Her butterfree immediately returned to her side as soon as he saw her.

"Oh no!"

She approached the arena. She saw the rainbow colored aura around them.
"What happened here?!"



………………..

Sarah nodded. She was glancing around to see if there was anyone suspicious nearby.
"Who did this?!"
She had her ditto and haunter come back out. She had ditto copy a flying type pokemon, a pidgeot. Then, she told her ditto and haunter to search around and see if they find anyone suspicious. They nodded and got to work.

Piper was looking forward to the Gala for weeks. Her family had traveled all the way from Saffron City to view the different events and booths that would be available. While she was excited to witness the battling, Piper could honestly say the thing that she was most excited for was the actual viewing of the pokemon. She had even brought her notebook so that she could write down facts and observations about them (someday she hoped to have a pokedex but they seemed to be more expensive than she could afford at the time being.)

Piper and her family were checking out the different booths on breeding and pokemon care when Piper looked at the schedule and saw that a presentation was going to begin soon. Better yet, it was going to be a presentation that involved Sarah Smith, a well known pokemon gym leader! Piper thought that she could surely learn some tips from the gym leader.

As she said goodbye to her family, Piper separated from the group and made her way over to the seating area near the stage. Piper watched excitedly as Sarah released her pokemon from their pokeballs. All of them were very cool and well-trained pokemon, though she did have to admit that she had a bit of a bias for Sarah's ditto. The idea of a pokemon being able to transform into other pokemon was too cool!

Suddenly, though, something happened. Volkner called out to Sarah before their pokemon fell down in pain! Piper watched, eyes wide, as they were unable to be called back to their pokeballs. She also watched as ditto and haunter were sent out and instructed to look around.

Piper pushed through the small crowd closer to Sarah. She may be very new to having pokemon and battling, but Piper wanted to see if there was anyway she could help out. She couldn't just stand by while somebody was trying to hurt pokemon.

@mulderyes @Vampiretwilight

Piper had a tough time making it through the crowd towards Sarah, as most people were frozen in confused and wonder at the display going on in front of their eyes. As Piper got closer, the screens that lined the arena of Hearthome City flickered on, and a face shadowed in darkness appeared on the screen. Behind the silhouette of a man was a symbol the unknown to Piper, and most people of Sinnoh.



"People of Hearthome City," The deep, distorted voice bellowed. "I would like to congratulate you for being the first people to witness a revolution for Pokemon biology, as we will demonstrate with the Gym Leader Volkner's and Gym Leader's Emily's Pokemon."

The rainbow energy now consumed both Electivire and Flareon, and with a brilliant flash of light, the two let out a a cry of pain, and their new forms were revealed.





"What the..." Volkner stepped back, half in awe and half in fear at his transformed pokemon.

"Excellent," The voice continued. "Our forced mega evolution was a success. Unfortunately for our gym leaders, they won't be able to control them..."

The newly mega evolved pokemon roared a frightening roar and started to cause havoc. People began to flee from the platform as bots of electricity cackled from Mega-Electivire's hands towards the screens in the arena. Mega Flareon flew up into the air with its new wings and shot fire throughout the air.

The crowd began to panic and run away, making it even harder for Piper to make her way to the front. Once she finally got there, she saw the normally calm Volkner panicking and looking around for something. He finally locked eyes with Piper, who he rushed towards and handed the egg he was carrying.

"Keep this safe!" Volkner told her, reaching for the pokeballs on his belt. He turned towards his raging Electivire and threw out a pokeball. "Luxray, I need your bring Electivire under control now!"

---

Emily heard screams coming from the arena next to her stand, followed by a mob of people fleeing from what was supposed to be the presentation. A couple people fell down and barely had time to get back up before being trampled to death.

---

Meanwhile, Emily's Ditto and Haunter scanned around the area. Almost everyone was running from the Arena, but the two pokemon noticed a couple people just standing and watching. Two in particular stood out, and unattended boy and girl, who were whispering to each other about something. The two pokemon could get closer at the risk of being detected.

@jeroukoo@mulderyes
Sarah looked around, confused at first. Then, her eyes landed on that screen, especially when that symbol and such appeared.

"What the...?"

She gasped when she saw what was happening to the pokemon. She watched, and listened, in horror and shock. When it was over, she turned and glared at the screen.

"What have you done to them?!"

'Forced mega evolution? Are they insane?! They were crazy! Those idiots were hurting innocent pokemon!' Those were her thoughts. Before she could think anything else, the two pokemon in question had begun to cause chaos. She gasped...again.

"I know this isn't really flareon! We've got to get him, and Electivire under control!"

She looked at her other pokemon.

"Tangela use sleep powder and whatever you can to calm them down! Mr. mime, you help too! Use confusion or whatever you can! Pinser! Get to the exit and make sure whoever did this doesn't get away! You two ditto! Haunter, help them! Make sure they don't escape!"

Her pokemon all nodded and did what they could. Her haunter and ditto would find the two children from before as they obeyed Sarahs' command/request.

………………………………..

Emily gasped. She was speechless and in shock. She watched what happened in horror. She soon narrowed her eyes, tearing up.

"No one harms innocent pokemon like this and gets away with it!"

She called for her team of three.
"Arbok! Help Sarahs' pokemon at the exit! Butterfree! You help calm down those two pokemon! Use stun spore, sleep powder, whatever you can! Golduck, You help too!"

Her pokemon all nodded and did their best to help.

@Vampiretwilight

"Tangela use sleep powder and whatever you can to calm them down!

Tangela nodded and sent spores towards the Flareon, causing it to become drowsy, but not yet fall asleep entirely.

Mr. mime, you help too! Use confusion or whatever you can!

"Mime!" Mr. Mime created a Light Screen to cover the fleeing crowd, protecting them from any fire the Flareon was breathing or lightning bolts the Electivire what causing.

Pinser! Get to the exit and make sure whoever did this doesn't get away!

Pinser quickly ran towards the exit, keeping it clear and making sure people didn't get trampled.

You two ditto! Haunter, help them! Make sure they don't escape!"

The two flew up into the air, beginning their search for the two children from before. As they did, a stray Flamethrower attack hit Haunter, causing it to fly out of control and descend slightly from the air.

Volkner stood between Electivire and the crowd with Luxray in front of him. Electivire howled and roared, shooting bolts of lightning at wild.

"C'mon Electivire!" Volkner shouted, trying to control his pokemon. "Just calm down!"

Volkner's pleas fell on deaf ears as it shot out a bolt at Volkner, which Luxray intercepted.

"Damnnit!" Volkner cursed. He knew he had to fight his pokemon against his will to save the people. But whatever was going on made Electivire too powerful for just one pokemon. He decided to take Sarah's approach and sent all of his Pokemon out.

"Listen up team!" Volkner commanded. "Lanturn, I need you to get on Electivire asap! Absorb his electricity with Volt Absorb!"

"Lanturn!" It barreled its way toward the former ally.

"Galvantula, slow down Electivire with Electro Web!"

The Galvantula did as commanded, shooting his web at the pokemon.

"Raichu, help Sarah get Flareon down from the sky with Thunder Wave, so he's easier to hit!"

Raichu sprinted towards Tangela and fired electricity from its cheeks, attempting to paralyze the rampant Flareon.

"And Rotom! Blast Electivire with Fire Blasts to get his attention"

Rotom opened its oven like body and sprayed fire at the Electivire.

---

"Arbok! Help Sarahs' pokemon at the exit! Butterfree! You help calm down those two pokemon! Use stun spore, sleep powder, whatever you can! Golduck, You help too!"

Arbok slithered in and out of the crowd, swiftly grabbing anyone who fell down that Pinsir missed.

Butterfree flew above the Stadium, sprinkling various various dusts and powders over the stadium, once again causing Flareon to become drowsy. It's flamethrower attacks died down, but it would still periodically breathe fire. Golduck tried his best to help, but kind of just stood at the entrance quacking.

@jeroukoo@mulderyes
Sarah almost teared up. She spoke her thoughts out loud.

"What kind of monsters would do such a thing to innocent pokemon?"

She looked at her pokemon team as they did what they could.

"Keep it up tangela! Don't give up! We have to calm them down! Keep it up Mr. mime! You're doing great! Ditto and haunter! Find those responsible as soon as you can but be careful! Don't get hit again! Pinser keep it up!"

Sarah scanned the area with her own eyes. She was furious, worried, and so on.

…………………..

Emily watched as her Arbok helped.
"Good job Arbok! Keep it up!"

She looked at her butterfree.
"You too butterfree! Keep it up!"

She looked at her goldduck and sighed. She forgot she needed to be specific with her Goldduck.
"Ok ok! Goldduck, guard the exit! Help however you can! Calm the pokemon if you can! Just do what you can to help!"

Piper tried not to panic as an egg was shoved into her arms. Forced mega evolution? Who did that to pokemon? She wanted to try to help stop the rampaging pokemon but Venus and Terra were way too low level to actually help with anything. Instead, Piper decided to help with crowd control.

"Anybody who can, come over here!" She shouted. Piper watched as a few people came over to where she was standing. That's good, she thought, the more people I can keep calm and out of the way, the better. She looked over to where Terra was standing near her feet.

"Terra, if anybody tries to attack us, I need you to use sand-attack on them. Don't try to hurt them, just to confuse them so we can get away."

@Vampiretwilight

The Mega Flareon realized the source of it's drowsiness was coming from above and below. It turned towards its former ally and friend, Tangela, and let out a ferocious Fire Blast directly towards it. Taking the attention previously directed towards them, Ditto and Haunter flew up and out from the stadium, searching and finding the two children from before.

---

With direct orders, Golduck focused its psychic powers and to calm the people fleeing from the arena. With the combined efforts of Pinsir, Arbok, and Golduck, the rest of the people were able to evacuate safely and swiftly.

---

"Buzz!" The Electivire howled as the Lanturn jumped at it, directing some of the current from its attacks to itself. The help of the Electroweb from Galvantula, the Heat from Rotom, and the intimidation from Luxray, the mega Electivire was contained, but not yet controlled.

---

@mulderyes

Piper called people over, and most of them tried to help anyway they could. Some were low level trainers such as herself, so they sent out their various pokemon, commanding them to prepare themselves for an attack.

"That's cute, a bunch of rookies standing together." A voice came from over Piper's shoulder. A man, dressed in red coat and formal attire walked up to the group. "While this is endearing and all, I'm gonna need all of you to move aside, I have a Flareon to reclaim."

As he spoke, he pulled the jacket off his right shoulder to reveal a weird cybernetic augmentation that ran down his arm. In his hand he held a pokeball, which glowed with the same strange rainbow energy that previously surrounded the pokemon on stage.

@jeroukoo
Sarah gasped.
"Tangela! Dodge and use stun spore AND sleep powder!"

She turned towards the voice. She stepped forward, eyes glaring.
"So YOU'RE the monster who's hurting my pokemon! Well, you're not taking him! EVER!"

She called for her pokemon who wasn't trying to calm flareon.
"Pinser! mr.mime! Teach this man a lesson he'll never forget!"

……………………..

Emily gasped. She ran over.
"Who do you think you are?!"

She called golduck and Arbok over.
"Golduck! Arbok! Attack!!!"

While her pokemon launched attacks, she pulled out her pokedex. She used a certain feature on it to make a call.
"Henry? Yes, it's me. Listen, we have a problem here at the festival. You need to come quickly. Wait.....really?! You're already nearby?! Thank goodness. We need help here. Hurry!"
She hung up. She prayed he got there quickly.

Henry was her brother, a former trainer/coordinator who now ran a school, but he often traveled to festivals to check out and even adopt new pokemon. He often brought his whole main team with him.

Piper felt intimidated by the man, but refused to stand down. "Everyone, don't let the pokeball touch your pokemon." She called the the people around her. She didn't want anybody to get hurt, but if the man caused caught flareon more chaos would ensue. She was weary about the arm attachment, though. Would it hurt the others pokemon around her?

@mulderyes@Vampiretwilight

"Everyone, don't let the pokeball touch your pokemon."

"Oh that's rich, kid." The man laughed. "As much as you might like your pokemon, I got bigger fish to fr-"

"So YOU'RE the monster who's hurting my pokemon!" The man was interrupted by Sarah Smith. "Well, you're not taking him! EVER! Pinser! mr.mime! Teach this man a lesson he'll never forget!" Sarah commanded her pokemon, who began to rush the man. Emily also joined in.

"Who do you think you are?! Golduck! Arbok! Attack!!!" Emily joined in, sending in her pokemon.

"Woah, woah, hey!" The man didn't realize how quickly he was about to get swarmed. "Give a man a second! Go, Weezing! Give me some cover!"

The man threw out his Weezing, which used Smokescreen to flood the stadium, obscuring him and the rest of the arena. The thick smoke made everything hard to see and put people on edge.

@jeroukoo@mulderyes
Sarah gasped.
"Mr. mime! Stop that smoke screen!"

She waited for her pokemon to do his work. She charged further. She was used to finding people in the dark from when she was a pokemon trainer and she helped find some lost children. When her ditto and haunter returned, she would have them get into the fray as well.

…………………………..

Emily gasped as well.
"Golduck! Use confusion! Stop that smoke! Help out! Butterfree use whirlwind! We don't just have pokemon to calm down anymore!"

She let her pokemon get to work. She blinked when she felt something brush by her leg. It was a pokemon!
"Jigglypuff!"(npc for now)

Emily blinked when the pokemon looked at her before disappearing into the smoke. She heard a quiet lullaby and almost felt sleepy.

………..

Sarah would hear it too, as well as any person or pokemon in the area.

Piper tried to cover her mouth as the smoke that the Weezing had used made her eyes water and her throat ache. She hated smoke. She felt a bit helpless, as her pokemon didn't know any moves that could help clear the smoke. So, she recalled Terra and tried to hunker down as the more experienced trainers handled it. As soon as she recalled Terra, though, she began to feel a strange sleepy sensation overcome her as a gentle melody came from somewhere nearby.

"What's going on?" She asked to the smoke, not really expecting a reply. She began to feel extremely sleepy and figured that she would probably pass out any second now. Piper sat on the ground, fighting to stay awake.